Laguntza Foundation concentrates its giving almost exclusively on animal and wildlife conservation, making a very small number of sizable grants to organizations working on species and habitat protection. Its support is both unrestricted (general operating) and program-specific (reef stewardship), and it shows a willingness to fund repeated, large gifts to trusted conservation partners working globally.
Highly concentrated: very few, large grants (three grants totaling $600k) with repeat funding to a core grantee (Wildlife Conservation Network). Funding mixes general/unrestricted support and targeted program support rather than many small grants.
Laguntza Foundation’s recent giving is built around conservation networks that protect endangered species across field sites in the Americas, Asia, and marine ecosystems. The largest grants on file include $250,000 to Wildlife Conservation Network Inc for a charitable event in 2025 and $250,000 to OneReef Worldwide Stewardship for the OneReef Traditional Stewardship Program in 2024, showing support for both partnership infrastructure and place-based stewardship. Across the recent record, the foundation also backed species-focused work through Wildlife Conservation Network Inc’s Snow Leopard, WhaleSharks Panama, and Proyecto Titi-related funds, alongside conservation efforts tied to spectacled bear and recovery programs. General operating support appears in the mix as well, including unrestricted gifts to Wildlife Conservation Network Inc and Northern Jaguar Project Inc. The pattern points to a funder that favors targeted, relatively large grants to established conservation intermediaries and specialized projects rather than a broad, high-volume portfolio. It also shows repeated support for the same organizations over multiple years, especially Wildlife Conservation Network Inc and Wildlife Conservation Society, suggesting ongoing relationships with conservation partners rather than one-off awards.
A clear theme in Laguntza Foundation’s grantmaking is species-specific conservation. In 2025, they gave $25,000 to Wildlife Conservation Network Inc for the Land of the Snow Leopard Network project connecting Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge with Western conservation science to protect the endangered snow leopard. They also supported marine conservation with a $20,000 grant to the same intermediary for the MarAlliance WhaleSharks Panama project. Terrestrial habitat and range management appear in grants to Wildlife Conservation Society, including $20,000 for the Maya Biosphere Reserve project and $20,000 for the Vicuna Management Project in Bolivia. The foundation also backed the Wildlife Conservation Network Inc Spectacled Bear Conservation Fund at $20,000, reinforcing a portfolio centered on threatened species and the organizations working across their ranges.
Laguntza Foundation’s typical grant size is tightly clustered: p25, median, and p75 are $20,000, $20,000, and $24,729. The recent record shows a mix of one very large outlier and many grants at or near the median, which suggests a core grant size with occasional larger commitments. The same recipients appear across multiple years, especially Wildlife Conservation Network Inc and Wildlife Conservation Society, indicating recurring support rather than isolated gifts. The foundation is not a grantmaker to individuals and does not make program-related investments. The grant list also shows both general and unrestricted awards and project-specific awards, pointing to a flexible approach within a conservation-focused portfolio.
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$1.9M
$1.7M
$1.1M
Most grants fall between $20K and $25K, with a median of $20K.
25th Percentile
$20K
Median
$20K
75th Percentile
$25K
About 0% of grants go to recipients in CA.
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Notable grantees: Wildlife Conservation Network, OneReef Worldwide Stewardship
All recent grants in the dataset went to U.S.-based recipients, with California receiving the most grants by count. San Francisco appears repeatedly through Wildlife Conservation Network Inc, while Santa Cruz is represented by OneReef Worldwide Stewardship. Other recipient cities include Tucson, Arizona, and Bronx, New York. Although the foundation is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, no recent grants in the file went to Delaware recipients.
It supports conservation organizations and networks working on wildlife and habitat protection, including groups focused on snow leopards, whale sharks, vicuña, spectacled bears, and reserve management. The recent grants also show support for Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge integration and conservation partnership infrastructure.
Yes. The recent grants include unrestricted awards, such as $100,000 to Wildlife Conservation Network Inc, $20,000 to Northern Jaguar Project Inc, and multiple unrestricted grants to Wildlife Conservation Society and Wildlife Conservation Network Inc-linked funds.
The foundation’s grant-size distribution is centered at $20,000. Its p25 is $20,000, median is $20,000, and p75 is $24,729, showing that many awards cluster around the same level with a smaller number of larger grants.
Yes. The recipient distribution in the file is entirely U.S.-based, and California is the top state by grant count. Recent recipient cities include San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Tucson, and Bronx.
Yes. Wildlife Conservation Network Inc appears repeatedly across 2023, 2024, and 2025, and Wildlife Conservation Society also receives multiple grants across those years. That pattern suggests ongoing relationships with a small set of conservation partners.
2026
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, fiscal year 2026.
Most recent grants reported to the IRS.
| Recipient | Location | Amount | Year | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ONEREEF WORLDWIDE STEWARDSHIP | SANTA CRUZ, CA | $250,000 | 2026 | Traditional Learning Center |
| WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $100,000 | 2026 | Proyecto Titi Fund -the tree nursery and planting needs of the newly purchased land to create better habitat for monkey |
| WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $100,000 | 2026 | General Operations for Saiga Conservation Alliance |
| WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $100,000 | 2026 | Spectacled Bear Community Conservation Initiative |
| WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $90,000 | 2026 | Proyecto Titi Unrestricted Fund |
| WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $75,000 | 2026 | Land of the Snow Leopard Network Fund |
| WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $75,000 | 2026 | McCaw Recovery Network Fund |
| WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $60,000 | 2026 | General & Unrestricted |
| WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY | BRONX, NY | $60,000 | 2026 | Maya Biosphere Reserve Fund |
| WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $60,000 | 2026 | MarAlliance Pearl Islands Fund |
| WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY | BRONX, NY | $60,000 | 2026 | Bolivia Vicuna Project |
| NORTHERN JAGUAR PROJECT INC | TUCSON, AZ | $50,000 | 2026 | General & Unrestricted |
| WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY | BRONX, NY | $15,000 | 2026 | Mayan Biosphere Project Guatamala |
| WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $250,000 | 2025 | Charitable Event |
| WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $30,000 | 2025 | Proyecto Titi Fund |
| WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $25,000 | 2025 | To support the Land of the Snow Leopard Network's project connecting Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge with Western conservation science for the purpose of protecting the endangered Snow leopard across its range in Central and Inner Asia |
| WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $25,000 | 2025 | McCaw Recovery Network Fund |
| WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY | BRONX, NY | $20,000 | 2025 | Vicuna Management Project in Bolivia |
| WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $20,000 | 2025 | MarAlliance WhaleSharks Panama project |
| NORTHERN JAGUAR PROJECT INC | TUCSON, AZ | $2,100 | 2025 | General & Unrestricted |
| ONEREEF WORLDWIDE STEWARDSHIP | SANTA CRUZ, CA | $250,000 | 2024 | OneReef Traditional Stewardship Program |
| WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $100,000 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $20,000 | 2024 | Proyecto Titi FUND |
| WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY | BRONX, NY | $20,000 | 2024 | Maya Biosphere Reserve PROJECT |
| NORTHERN JAGUAR PROJECT INC | TUCSON, AZ | $20,000 | 2024 | General & Unrestricted |
| WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY | BRONX, NY | $20,000 | 2024 | Vicuna Management Project Bolivia |
| WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $20,000 | 2024 | McCaw Recovery Network FUND |
| WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $20,000 | 2024 | Speculated Bear Conservation FUND |
| WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY | BRONX, NY | $5,000 | 2024 | Bolivia Vicuna Management Program |
| WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $23,916 | 2023 | Proyecto Titi fund |
| NORTHERN JAGUAR PROJECT INC | TUCSON, AZ | $20,000 | 2023 | General & Unrestricted |
| WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $20,000 | 2023 | McCaw Recovery Network fund |
| WILDLIFE CONSERVATION NETWORK INC | SAN FRANCISCO, CA | $20,000 | 2023 | Spectacle Bear Conservation Society fund |
| WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY | BRONX, NY | $15,000 | 2023 | Bolivia Vicuna Management Program |
| WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY | BRONX, NY | $15,000 | 2023 | Maya Biosphere Reserve project |
Proyecto Titi Fund -the tree nursery and planting needs of the newly purchased land to create better habitat for monkey
General Operations for Saiga Conservation Alliance
Spectacled Bear Community Conservation Initiative
Proyecto Titi Unrestricted Fund
NORTHERN JAGUAR PROJECT INC
$50,000General & Unrestricted
To support the Land of the Snow Leopard Network's project connecting Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge with Western conservation science for the purpose of protecting the endangered Snow leopard across its range in Central and Inner Asia
NORTHERN JAGUAR PROJECT INC
$2,100General & Unrestricted
NORTHERN JAGUAR PROJECT INC
$20,000General & Unrestricted
NORTHERN JAGUAR PROJECT INC
$20,000General & Unrestricted
Spectacle Bear Conservation Society fund